qaz posted at 9:37AM Tue, 25 June 2019 - #4354650

On line dating websites like OK Cupid have enormous data sets for their research. We are talking many tens of thousands.

But it's still a very limited sample. Just the fact that they are people using a dating app - and that particular app - means there's self-selection happening.

There isn't really any doubt. There is a VERY high correlation of agreement as to what people consider attractive, and we know what that is.

What you said does not support that at all. Unless you're suggesting they think Asian men are ugly in, say, Japan.

I suggest you do more research.

Is it really necessary for you to say condescending things like that? Do they help the discourse at all?

As far as V4 is concerned, she was by far the best rigged character at that time and she looked more human than V3 .It didn't take long for people to move to V4 and begin morphing her. If you look at default Genesis 8 and V4, they are very close with Genesis 8 a little more natural. The closer the default shape is to either of these 2 the easier to create morphs. That is a fact, and probably why so few people attempt to morph La Femme at all. At the end of the day, she is a piece of clay, so it is possible to get reasonable results,and indeed that is what I'm working on.

I think V4's success had a lot more to do with DAZ's marketing than with anything intrinsic in her modeling. Not saying she was bad, just that the DAZ marketing machine would have steamrolled any other figure, no matter how good. Because it's support that matters, as we've seen time and again. And DAZ is all about support; it's their business model. The software and the figures are means to sell add-ons (clothing, textures, characters, etc.).

If you think La Femme is difficult for you to morph, fine. That's an entirely different argument than saying she's ugly, and implying that those of us who disagree are either clueless or disingenuous.